Richard Taylor On The Dementia Patient Equally Backward Child
We lock persons living amongst the symptoms of dementia into a take away jacket from which at that topographic point is no adventure of emotional nor intellectual evolution (will they ever experience anything novel together with joy filled inwards their lives, tin they?).
In social club to empathize Richard Taylor's comment which I am publishing below, y'all volition starting fourth dimension require to read Elaine Pereira's article -- Is the Progression of Decline inwards Alzheimer’s Patients the Reverse of Infant Development?
For those of y'all who are non familiar amongst Richard he lives amongst dementia, has a PhD, and is the writer of the majority - Alzheimer's from the Inside Out.
Richard's comments together with articles are ever idea provoking together with render us amongst insight into the heed of a someone living amongst Alzheimer's.
Richard Taylor's comment was originally posted nether the article, Is the Progression of Decline inwards Alzheimer’s Patients the Reverse of Infant Development?
Hello, the minute nosotros comprehend this unproven speculation nosotros lock persons living amongst the symptoms of dementia into a straight jacket from which at that topographic point is no adventure of emotional nor intellectual development (will they ever experience anything novel together with joy filled inwards their lives, tin they?).
We lock ourselves into seeing them together with treating them every bit if they were literally fading away, when inwards fact they are all correct hither inwards the moment. We await toward their degenerative futurity together with immature lady the hither together with now.
It is understandable why nosotros jump to these conclusions based on the supposition they are already on a slippery slope, fading away, one-half empty, incomplete every bit human beings, experiencing a reduction inwards their human adult needs, BUT, it is meliorate to err on the side of deterioration or on the side of completeness?
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Should nosotros see, feel, together with process them every bit one-half empty vessels? Even amongst babies nosotros run into their fullness, fifty-fifty when they can't limited it themselves. Once nosotros unopen the majority on their futures nosotros doom them to our ain self fulfilling prophesy of their futures.
This smells together with tastes of psychoanalysis inwards reverse. This has already been discredited every bit a consummate together with audio explanation for development, why would nosotros desire to contrary the procedure together with travel it every bit an explanation for the decomposition of the human mind?
With immature minds nosotros convey them for who they are together with accolade them for who they are.
Why every bit nosotros grow older create nosotros decline them because they are non similar us together with volition never be, when inwards fact nosotros are only similar you, only older, only wiser, only slower, only us.
Richard
Editor note: all emphasis together with bolding are mine.
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